There are three basic types of lighting, namely, general, task and accent lighting. General lighting is your conventional lights that are used for illumination of the home in general. Task lighting is lights used for specific purposes such as reading, cooking or any other tasks. Accent lights are the decorative lights.
Decorative lights are ones which adds elegance and trend to the interiors and illuminates the home with charisma. Some decorative lights are just that, decorative and do not give much light. But some can work as functional lights too. Also referred to as ‘jewellery of architecture’, decorative lights are mainly used to lend style to homes. When it comes to interior design and themed home décor, decorative lights are essentials.
Different types of decorative lights
Return of chandeliers: Today chandeliers are used to create a focal point in a home and lend a totally different and elegant look to the space. Today you get chandeliers made from hand-designed metals and there are the ones which are decorated with crystals, glass figures of fruits, beads, birds and more to add an extra elegance and beauty.
Pendants:
Pendants are lights which are suspended from the ceiling and offer lighting ambience to the area below . They are lights which are fixed from the ceiling. They are not formal ones but also not elegant and grand as Chandeliers, they are hanging luminaries which are mainly used in the interiors of restaurants and offices. Few pendant lights include in them incandescent fluorescent lights, HID lights and more. Depending upon the height of the ceiling, residences use short or long pendant lights.
Sconces: These are wall-mounted fixtures and come in various designs and styles. You can have one or two sconces fitted in rooms to add to the grace and beauty of the wall .
Stylish lamps: When it comes to designs and styles, you can get a vast number of options in lamps. You even unusual shade treatments now. With home décor being more or less theme based, retro look being the latest craze in home décor, lamps with elaborate hand-made bases of metals and wood is much popular now. One also sees combination styles in lamp designs now.
Under cabinet / under shelf fixtures
These are latest trends which are popular these days in interiors. Task as well as accent lighting are ones which are offered by under cabinet lighting fixtures. They are mainly mounted in the kitchen wall cabinets. They look good as well for book shelves as well or in display cabinets. They are available in various forms such as in slim, miniature linear lighting, and energy-efficient fluorescent form and also in strips of line. Apart from these they are also available in low-voltage, xenon, LED or halogen mini-lights. Combination lights: A combination of lights in a room seems to be a popular trend. Different lights of varying sizes and styles are mixed and used. For example, if there is a chandelier in one corner of a room, another one is added over the table or so to add to the appeal of the room. A combination of floor lamps, pendant lights and table lamps being used is also quite popular.
Metallic themes are popular: Metallic lamps, lights and even colours are the hottest trend in home décor today. You can find a whole lot of range in metallic lights from brass to steel to copper.
LED lights: LED lights are much popular not just as functional lights but also in decorative lighting systems.
Other trends: Recessed lights, concealed lights, track lighting systems using LED and CFL lights, floor lamps standing or tripods, lamps in traditional and modern designs are some other in-demand lights these days.
